new walking stick

[Mryooper]

Hello,
I finished this stick today.

[kaiserb]

Very nice walking stick.

[Mottles]

Hi Mryooper:
Yes, it is a very nice walking stick. What type of wood?
Kathy

[Mryooper]

Diamond willow, I will have to post the original stick.

[Ashbys]

Nice Staff. I like the background wood as well. Thumbs Up

Used a clear finish ? And stained the diamond?

Just wondering
Ash

[Irish]

Mryooper,

I really like the face, especially the mustache! But what catches my eye the most is your excellent use of contrasting colors surrounding your woodspirit. Nice job.

Susan

[Mryooper]

I used only a polyurithine stainer for the whole thing. He background is the bark I could not take all the way out without destroying the diamonds in the stick. I have found diamond willow has like a soft type of bark under the harder barker. Like a insulation layer. That brown is all natural and no painting other then the eyes. If you look at the nose you can see the lite colored swirl in it. I could see a face in the wood the minute I striped it and sealed it. I didn't want to carve in the wood at first, being I am new at this and figured I would destroy the look of the stick. I finally gave in a gave it a shot. Thanks for the nice comments